User talk:Mississippi King

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Cynyhia_Leonard.jpg

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[edit] Image:Cynyhia Leonard.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Cynyhia Leonard.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you.

{helpme} Shortly after I contributed this article, I had a response from the help desk that it was VERY unlikely this photograph is still under copyright. The image was scanned from a photo entitled "Mama" in a book called "Lillian Russell: The Era of Plush," by Parker Morrell, copyrighted 1940 by Random House. The copyright refers to the book and not to the photograph; the picture is one of several photographic illustrations in the book, most of which identify the source of the photo as "Culver Service." There is one photo which identifies the source as "Max Haas," and one which identifies "World Wide Photos," but three photos (including the one in question of Cynthia Leonard) do not identify the source. Although I do not know the date this picture was taken, since Mrs. Leonard died in 1908, it seems highly unlikely this photograph could still be protected by copyright, but please advise if there is any other way I can verify this.

On another subject, this article should be linked to the article on Lillian Russell, but I haven't figured out how to do it. Could you please either take care of this for me or explain how I go about creating the link? Thanks! Mississippi King

About the image: since public domain depends on when the image was first published you are going to need to contact the publishers and track down the correct information for the image (since all we know is that is was published in 1940 - which I don't think is a public domain timelapse). Wikipedia:Media copyright questions is where you could ask about this sort of thing.

About the linking: I am unsure what you mean, could you explain it more and use {helpme} again so we know to check back?--Commander Keane 03:51, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

{helpme} Yes, I will check with Random House about the copyright. The linking question has to do with the fact that Lillian Russell already has a Wikipedia article, and Cynthia Leonard was her mother. Isn't that an indicator that they should be linked? If so, I'm not sure how to do it.

Apart from actually including the text Her mother was [[Cynthia Leonard]] to the article Lillian Russell, I'm not sure of any other way to link the articles. There are Categories that gorup articles, but a category just for this family probably does not exist.--Commander Keane 04:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph Jerome ("Jo-Jo") Meggs (Meggs)

A tag has been placed on Joseph Jerome ("Jo-Jo") Meggs (Meggs), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable (see the guidelines for notability here). If you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself.

Please read the criteria for speedy deletion (specifically, articles #7) and our general biography criteria. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. —Ryūlóng (竜龍) 07:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

If you read the article, I think you'll change your mind. This involves circus history.

I think I've made my case for not deleting this article, but I have corrected a spelling error in Mr. Megz' last name. Unfortunately, I have no way to correct it in the title of the article. Or will this happen automatically if the page is allowed to remain?

This person is just not notable per our guidelines for notability. Please read WP:BIO and WP:N.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 07:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I can perhaps understand that Mr. Megz may not meet Wikipedia's notability requirement (though I don't agree), but I am resentful of the accusation that this is a possible hoax. If you look at my previous contributions, you will see that they have been well-documented, and an editor emailed me after my first submission that I would be a valuable assett to Wikipedia. I have today amended the way Mr. Megz' name is presented, so hope that if the article is retained, the title will change to make it more searchable. I anxiously await your reply.

Having an article by you deleted is no judge of your character, nor your wiki-character. Most people can't even tell when an article you wrote was deleted. If you can find a reliable source for your article, then you can prove that it is not a hoax. That is the best way. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 00:22, 30 November 2006 (UTC)